No More Tears

by Van Robison

tearsLife is tough! Anyone who has lived long enough will experience many tears in life. If there is a human being who has never known sorrow, I have never met that person. One of my all time favorite scripture passages in the Bible is found at Revelation 21:4 "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." Living in paradise will someday be more than a fantasy. Read more...

Wal-Mart Churchianity--We Preach For Money

by Van Robison

walmartComparison shopping for churches can be a life long ordeal, because the brands to choose from are innumerable. Walking down the aisles of Wal-Mart Churchianity can cost you a great deal of money if you buy into their sermons and their church teachings. The world of churches is a world of vast diversity, and virtually every leader of every church lives in a world of make-believe--a bubble. Church leaders are mostly all self important and love to make others think that the life of Christians revolves around them. They want commitment, because their income depends on it and many will say that "church hopping" is a no no. They love to lay a guilt trip on anyone they can't control. Read more...

Jesus Has Left The Building: free Podcast available

Paul Vieira, author of Jesus Has Left The Building has just sent us an email:

podcastHi,

I hope things are going well with you. I thought I would send you a short note to let you know that I'm making my book available for free to listen to in a downloadable audio file. Each week I'm reading a chapter from my book
Jesus Has Left The Building in a new audio podcast. To subscribe in iTunes visit this link.

Once you've installed iTunes and subscribed to the podcasts, each time you launch iTunes, the latest episode will automatically be downloaded. You can then store and play these audio files using your iPod device, other portable MP3 player, or computer. Best of all, these podcasts are FREE!
 
Feel free to forward this message to anyone else you think would enjoy these podcasts.
 
Thanks,

Paul

If you'll recall, Vieira's book was earlier reviewed on this website.

Where does all the money go?

This video clip shows how certain church leaders and ministries grossly misappropriate funds donated by gullible church members:



Truth Is Sometimes--Shocking!

by Van Robison

shockingWhen Jesus Christ made His entrance into the human realm of life, nearly two thousand years ago, He SHOCKED the world. The expectation of the Messiah was very disappointing for many, because they were looking for a FICTIONAL Messiah. The REAL JESUS CHRIST is just as shocking today, as He was when He taught His own personal disciples. The religious leaders of the time of Christ were appalled at the teachings of Jesus. They were horrified by Jesus, because Jesus demolished their man-made customs, traditions, deceits, fraud, false teachings, false authority, greed, lust and power mongering (Matthew 23). The response of those religious leaders to Jesus was hate, persecution, attempted murder, lies, false accusations and ultimately death to Jesus Christ. Read more...

Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

by Fred G. London

wolf in sheep's clothingThere is more to the discerning of "savage wolves" that goes even beyond doctrine. Yet, as it is, many in the church appear to have great difficulty in judging for themselves as to whether what a man teaches is representative of a pure gospel or "another gospel." Paul could not have spelled it out any clearer than when he wrote to the Philippians, "For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things" (Phil. 3:18-19). Read more...

Sunday: Holyday or Man-Made Tradition?

by Van Robison

sundayMany are the customs of the church world, that have nothing to do with Jesus Christ or the teachings of Christ. Sunday "go to church" is at the top of the list of man-made traditions (along with tithing). In the Old Testament, the Sabbath of rest was the seventh day of the week: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Exodus 20:8). All Bible students know that the weekly Sabbath of the Old Testament referred to the seventh day of the week. What many Christians are unaware of is that there were also other "Sabbaths" in the Old Testament that had to do with annual Feasts or Holydays. At times, it was possible for an annual Sabbath or "Highday" to fall on the seventh day of the week, which made it a double Sabbath. Read more...